Slightly OT: bad rap for Fedora, and realistic effects

[Dotan Cohen]

On 24/02/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>   The whole idea of spins is that we need to continue serving completely
> conflicting requirements. What would we do with all the end users who
> need to have all the packages in the media since they dont have a good
> network access to pull packages off a repository? The number of CD's is
> by no means the final criteria for selction. This is the reason there is
> a broad range of choice provided now right from a single installable
> live cd to a complete DVD set with 2 or 3 DVD's depending on the
> architecture. Plus, you get the tools to produce your own live cd or
> spin in a trivial fashion.
>
> Rahul
>

In an ideal world the install medium would not be a factor in
selecting a Linux distro, I agree. However, it does have veto power
and when I've got a hour to download, my chances of getting Kubuntu
intact at the end of that hour are much better than getting Fedora.
Furthermore, I have to burn those disks, and I can do one disk in five
minutes with no babysitting, but burning five disks require that I
babysit the machine for half an hour. Not a good impression to make on
someone who I'm installing thier first Linux distro for.

Shall I continue with the amount of problems that a 5 disk
installation makes? Thats 5 disks to check before an install. That's
five times the chance that a disk will get scratching in handling.
Also, here Fedora competes with cracked versions of Windows with
Office (and probably spyware) preinstalled. Sad, but a fact. Nobody
has morals, and nobody thinks that they are stealing. Fedora has to
compete with a one-disk install of Windows XP, that can be installed
in an hour with no babysitting. Fedora installs require one to switch
disk three or four times.

For my own use, I use Fedora. But there are enough hurdles to overcome
before one even thinks about installing Linux instead of Windows.
Making them download, burn, and check 5 disks is a very strong
turnoff. Not to mention all the babysitting that disk-swapping
requires.

Dotan Cohen

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